A Poem, A Class and A Connection

This summer I am taking part in the Fox Valley Writing Project’s Invitational Summer Institute. It’s a great opportunity for me, and I am super excited to be a part of it.

Last Saturday, during the orientation, one of the instructors shared the book The Best Part of Me, which is a wonderful book about body image, self esteem and diversity. In the book, children responded to the question, “What is the best part of you?” Some of their responses made me laugh heartily. Some brought tears to my eyes. All responses made me think deeply.

And the funny, ironic thing is, that last week, I shared the poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams with my 6th grade ELA classes. We used it to create our own “So much depends upon…” poems. Since that time I had been tossing around an idea in my head. Saturday’s class provided the perfect opporunity to put it all together.

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Hi, I’m Karen and welcome to my blog 2write4health! I began blogging in 2014 as a way to ‘honor my passion for writing’ (or at least that’s what I wrote on my first post). Over the years, I’ve written about whatever is happening in my life (quitting my teaching job and moving from Wisconsin to Georgia), whatever happens to be getting my undies in a bundle (diet culture), sharing my favorite vegan recipes (I’m not a preachy vegan, though…promise), or simply trying to make a difference in this world (#oneword). Thank you for stopping by!

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